Mounting for wind deflectors or the like



June' 25, 1935. L.. M. HARVEY 2,005,783

MOUNTING FOR WIND DEFLECTORS OR THE LIKE Filed Jan. 27, 1931 PatentedJune 25, 1935 PATENT OFFICE MoN'rING Foa WIND DEFLEo'roRs on THE LiKE lLeo M. Harvey, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application January 27, 1931, Serial No. 511,529 l 18 Claims. (Cl.296-784) This invention relates to mountingsrfor wind deflectorscommonlycalled wind wings, orl the like, and thegeneral object of theinvention' is to provide a mounting to enable such a deflector "35 `orwing to be securely mountedbetweensupporting faces such as the faces oftherails of a window frame; also to provide means for compen- -satingfor unparallelism and different angular relations of the lintel and sillof the opening or `window in which `the wind deflector or similar memberis mounted. The unparallelism or faulty alinement of the lintel` andsill may be inherent in an automobile when it leaves the .factory or itmay be later caused by racking of the body after the vehicle has been inuse for some time.

Another important object is to provide a unversalconnection of the winddeflector or the like with the lintel and sill of a door or windowopening.

Another object is the provision of a unique ratchet device for holding'the wind deilecting member at different angles. f

Another important object is to take up end play between the winddeflecting member and the lintel or sill. l

Another important object is the provision of a holder for a transparentmember, said holder being connected with a saddle plate yby a heavyuniversal joint to permit. the transparent mem-7 `ber to swing readilyfor adjustment irrespective of inaccuracies of alinement between the twosaddle plates.

Another important object is to make provision for forcing the holdersaway from the supporting plates or saddles in order to jam the lWindwing holders in the window opening, and so as to prevent end play andrattling of the wind deilector.

Another important object is to provide means for frictionally holding awind deflecting memberbetween the lintels of the doory of a motorvehicle, and thereby avoid the necessity for employing screws forfastening it.

Other objects and advantages will 'appear in the subjoined detaileddescription.

The accompanying drawing illustrates the invention: l

Figure 1 is an outside view of a windvdeector mounting constructed inaccordance with the proin position on a vehicle body, which is frag--mentarily shown. v

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmental vertical section on the lineindicated by 2--2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmental horizontal section on the'lineindicated by 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an elevation of the lower mounting unit, partly in section,on the line indicated by 4-4-4, Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view, similar to Figure 2, showing a slightlymodified form of mounting for wind deflectors, or the like,embodying theinvention.

The Wind deflecting member is indicated at l and maybe 'of glass or anyother suitable material, preferably transparent. 'I'he member 6 isconnected' to the lintel A and sill B ofthe vehicle body C by mountingunits of-like construction, each of which is indicated, in general, bythe character l. The -mountings l are independent of each other.v` Sincethe units 'l are alike, it will only be necessary to describe one of`them in. detail, as follows:

A holder for the member 6 comprises a block forml member with achannelled flange 8, the

`channel being shown at 9 and in said channel felt I0 or other suitablematerial is yprovided to securely hold the marginal portion of themember 6 without breakage of said member. The channelled ange ts into anangular notch on the edge of the wing (see Fig.` 4), and of course thenotches in the two edges should be' in alinement with each other. Theholder also comprises a bearing in the form of a circular cup or socketIl, and the holder is connected b'y'a` unlversal joint I2, extendinginto the'cup II, to a saddle or saddle plate I 3 provided with flanges I4,

I5 that enable the plate to be securely seated on :the lintel or sill,as the casev may be.

In this instance,the universal joint I2 is of unique construction, therebeing a stud I6 which has'a reduced neck Il that isexpanded or rivetedinto a hole I8 in the plate I3. A pin I9 extends transversely throughthe stud or-member I6 and extends across an opening 'in the form of aslot 20 that passes transversely through the stud at right angles tothe-pin I9. Mounted. to rock on the pin I9 and extending through theopening 20 is a shaft 2|. The opposite ends of the shaft y2l are ofreduced diametenasindicated at 22, and

mounted for free rotation on the reduced ends 22 is a bearing in theform of a yoke or bushing 23 that is relatively rotatable on the raxisof ythe .cup Il. visions of this invention, the same being shown Y Thecup Il is circular and has a circumfer-` 'ential face, that is formedwithconvolutions or -notches between wide rounded teeth, as indicated at24, and the notches 25 are adapted to be selectively engaged'by detents26 on the outer face of the bashing 2a. The bushing 23 is preferablynotcontinuous but to increase the spring effect is split at 21, and isof spring material so as to yieldingly hold the detents 26 in engagementwith the toothed face of the cup. Thus, the teeth 24 and detents 26constitute a rudimentary ratchet device iorholding the wing yieldinglyin any position in which it is left.

The bushingZS and cup I I have a friction-tight t andV said bushing isordinarily entirely housed within lche cup Il."

An adjustable means is provided to relatively force the stud I5 andcupfrom one another and, in` this instance, said means comprisesaiscrewj 28.

threaded into a hole 29 that extends in aninclined direction through thewall, of the cup- I I. The inner end of the screw 28 engagesthefre'e endof thestud I6 at approximatelythe'axis'of said stud, while the outer endof the screw,which is slotted at 30, can be engaged by a screw driver'iiector in place on the Vehicle, the plates I3 will be secured,approximately in verticalalignrnent, one to the lintel'V A and the otherto the lintel B. To dothis theflange I5 of each plate i3 vmay be bent orcrimped inwardly towardtheother iiange I4, as clearly shown in Figure2.;

If there Ais too much end play-between the studs I6 and cups I|, so thatthe windfdeector `is in danger of rattling loose, one orboth of thescrews 28 may be turned in a direction to thrust the stud or studs awayfrom theassociated cup until the end play is taken up.

It Will be seen that the axis of each stud is aligned with the plane ofmemberG sothat if vthe stud shouldrtend to thrust against the adjustingscrew relativelyhard, as might result if the vehicle wereirunning over arough piece of road, the thrust of the stud is transmitted edgewise tothe member 6 and there is thereforeyno tendency to lateral deflection ofthe cup I I, which .lateral deflection would tend to break the member 6,if said member were of brittle such as ordinary glass.

After the wind deiiector has been mounted in material the mannerdescribedabove, it may be Vangu- Alarlyvadjustedby pressure exertedagainst the 'fcomprising'a universal jointincludingA a member iwith acircumferential face, a member tting .against the circumferential facefor relative romember 6 tending to rotate'said memben. When the rotatingpressure is suiiicient, the detents 26 will be forcedout of theinter-tooth spacesthat they engage, .thus permittingfthe cups II torotate' to a position where the detents 26 will again `engage certain ofthe inter-tooth spaces.

f While I at present prefer to construct the I versal joints ashereinbefore described, it is to be '.understoodthat I mayemploy anyother suitably .constructed universal joints for connecting the holders8, I I with the plates I3, in order to secure "the advantages derivablefrom use of the invention.

Although I prefer to have bbththe upper. and

flower" mounting constructed to enable its coiresponding stud to be.adjustedoutwardly, it

should be understood that. itmay not be necessary to have more `than oneof these studsadthe tight clamping of the saddle plates against thefaces of the window'frame.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figure 5, the parts thatfunctionally correspond to those hereinbefore described are indicated bythe same reference characters,- with the addition of the sufiix a. Theonly diierencebetween this modiiied construction and 'that previouslydescribed is that, in this instance, the ,universal joint I2a has itsattaching member 8a secured to the wind deflecting member 6a', while theholder IIa has its attaching members Illa, I5a, secured vto the supportB. y i

I claim: .1.A A mounting for a Wind deflector or the like .Y comprisingattaching membersy securable to supports, holders securable to a winddeflecting mem- .'.ber, and'v means including universal jointsconnecting the holders with the attaching members,

said means including resilient members. z 2.`A mounting'fora'winddeiiec'tor or.' the like :comprising attaching members securableto sup- 'se'curableto al support, and a holding-means' se;-

ports,'holders securable to awind-deflecting member, .and meansincluding universal joints connecting` the holders with the attachingymembers.. said universal joints including resilient members.

3'. A mounting unit-comprising attaching means curable to a .winddeiiecting memberor the. like, .one of said meansprovided with a bearingmembers being split and of spring material.

' i 4.. -A mounting unit comprising attachingmeans 7se'curable'toasupport, and a .holding means securable to a wind defiecting member orthe like, one of said means provided with a bearing member and theother. with a member rotatably fitting 'in the `bearing member, oneofthe last two mentioned members provided with teeth and the other ofsaid last two mentioned members being lsplit @and o'f `springmaterialandprovided with adetent to engage between the teeth.

i 5. LA mounting unit for supporting. a screen,

material, securing means `for the .universal joint :for attaching-the`same to the screen, and securviing meansfor the secondv mentioned.member. for

connecting it to a support. 6. AV mounting unit -for lsupporting iascreen tation therebetween on the axis of vthe circumferential face, oneof the members provided with convolutions kand. the otherbeingsplit andof spring material and provided Witha detent to universal joint to.attachit to.' the screen, and

securing means for the second mentionedmember for connecting it `to asupport.

i7. A mounting unit for a `clef-lector comprising a stud provided with atransverse opening, a. shaft .mounted in said opening, a member' mountedto Arock on the ends of the shaft, .a member tting .around the firstmentioned member,- a `screw in the. second mentioned vmember projecting`r into engagement with the stud to push the stud outwardly withvrespect to-.the second mentioned member, f a plate carrying they stud.and securing ber and the other with a member rotatably tting .in thebearing member, one of thelast two memengage. the convolutions, securingmeans ifor the let means for attaching the second mentioned member tothe deflector.

8. A mounting unit comprising attaching means securable to a support,and a holding means-securable to a wind deilecting member or the like,one of said means provided with a cup form bearing member and the otherwith a stud rotatably fitting in the bearing member, one of the last twomentioned members being a yielding member, and the cup-form memberprovided with teeth within the same and the other of said last twomentioned members being provided with a detent to engage between theteeth. a

9. A mounting for a wind deilector or the like comprising independentattaching members constructed to seat against the adjacent faces of theupper and lower rails of an automobile window frame, holders securableto a wind deecting member, means including ratchet devices connectingthe holders to the attaching members, and means for adjusting one of theattaching members outwardly with respect to its corresponding holdingmember to jam the mounting between the sai-d rails.

10. A mounting for a wind deflector or the like comprising attachingmembers in the form of saddle plates to seat on the faces of the railsof a window frame, independent holders securable in alinement with eachother to a wind deflecting member, and means including ratchet devicesfor adjustment on` an axis, connecting the holders with the attachingmembers, said ratchet devices including resilient members enabling thedeflectorV to be held yieldingly in any set position, and means formoving one of the saddles outwardly with respect to its correspondingholder to jam the mounting between the said rails.

11. In a wind deflector or the like, the combination of a deiiectorhaving notches in its opposite edges, a holder received in eachnotch, asaddle corresponding to each holder for seating against the face of asupport, a freely movable universal joint including tWo connected partscapable of relative ro-tary movement on twor axes substantiallyperpendicular to each other, said connected parts located between eachsaddle and its corresponding holder permitting a limited movement ofeach holder relatively to itsv corresponding saddle, and means.associated with one of said members for engaging the inner end of themember to force'its corresponding saddle outwardly and enabling thedeflector 'to be clamped between two substantially parallel faces.

12. In a wind deflector or the like, the combination of a deflector inthe form of a glass plate having notches in opposite edges, a holderreceived in each notch, a saddle corresponding to each holder forseating against the face of a support, a stud rigidly secured to eachsaddle, a freely movable universal connection between each stud and itscorresponding member permitting a limited movement of each holderrelatively to its corresponding saddle, and means mounted in at leastone of said holders for forcing its corresponding stud outwardly toenable the deflector to be clamped between two substantially parallelfaces.

13. In a mounting for mounting a deflector in a window frame, thecombination of a saddle adapted to engage the face of the frame, a studrigidly .attached to the saddle, a holder having means for attaching thesame to the deflector, said holder having a socket receiving said( stud,and having a circumferential face with convolutions, a resilient ringhaving a universal joint connection with said stud and yieldinglyengaging said convolutions so as to permit yielding rotation of saidmember on the axis of the socket and relatively to said ring, andoperating to hold y the defiector in any position in which :it is set.

14. A mounting unit for supporting a screen, comprising a universaljoint including a circular member, a member fitting the circular'member.for relatively rotation on the axis of the circular member, means forsecuring the circular ymember to the screen, and means for securing thesecond named member to a support.

15. A mounting unit comprising a universal joint, including a circularmember, a member fitting the circular member for relative rotation onthe axis of the circular member, means for adjustably holdingthe'members against relative rotation, means connected with the circularmember for securing the same to the' screen, and

means for securing the second named member to a support.

16. A mounting unit comprising .a pair of attaching means to seat on asupport at each end and a holding means in line with the attaching meanssecurable toa wind deflector or the like, at least one of said holdingmeans having a bearing member with a circumferential face disposed`about an axis in the plane of the deflector, and 1 the correspondingattaching means having a rotatable on the axis of the bearing member,and having means for yieldingly engaging said circumferential face, saidcircumferential face having corrugations for holding the wind deector atdifferent angles. n

17. A mounting unit comprising a universal joint including a circularmember in the form of a socket closed at one end and open at its otherend, a member tting into the socket through its open end for relativerotation in the socket, means in the socket for yieldingly resistingrelative rotation of the second named member in .the socket, means forsecuring the circular l member iitting in the bearing member relativelyto the member that is to be mounted, meansfor securing the second-namedmember to a support said socket having circumferentially' disposed vr 65LEOv M.

